Car-coupling.



No.A 684,484. Patented Oct. l5, |90I.

B. E. WATKINS M. HANCOCK.

CAB GOUPLING.

(Application filed Oct. 17, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES f PATEN T f FFIC.

BAKER E. WATKINS AND MITCHELL HANCOCK, OF AUTREYVILLE, GEORGIA.;

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,484,1dated October15, 1901.

Application led October 17, 1900. Serial No. 33,411. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, BAKER E. WATKINs and MITCHELL HANCOCK, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Autreyville, in the county of Colquittand State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements inCar-Couplers, of which the following is a specication.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings,

showing our invention, and in which Figure lis a perspective Viewshowing the link-pin raised. Fig. 2is a similar View showing a linklocked therein. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the draw-head.Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the link-pin locked by thecrank-handle.

l is a draw-head having a shank 2 extending from one end thereof and arecess 3 within the opposite end.

2 is a fixed inner block having a central spring-recess 2b. Sldablymounted within this recess is an outer block 4, having a centralspring-recess 4: and a pin-recess 5 in the bottom thereof for thereception of a retaining-pin 5a, which extends from one side to theother of the draw-head and serves to limit the movement of the outerblock. A link-pin 6 is slidably mounted in an aperture 7, extendingthrough the draw-head and bears upon the outer block 4. This outer blockis held normally beneath the pin 6 by a coiled spring 8, bearing atopposite ends in the spring-recesses of the inner block and outer block.A

crank-handle 9 is mounted by means of a stem y 9 upon the draw-head at apoint adjacent to the pin 6, and the intermediate or horizontal portion10 is broadened and is adapted to be swung over the pin by its verticalhandle 10l when the same is in locked position and prevent accidentalmovement thereof. The' broadest portion 10 of the crank-handle has arecess 10i, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in section inFig. 4c, to enable it to lit the rounded head of the link-pin, and thusprevent the crank-handle from slipping off the link-pin. v

It will be seen that when the, outer block et is slid inward by the link1l contacting therewith it will be forced from under the pin 6, and saidpin will fall into engagement with the link.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A car-coupler comprising a draw-head constructed with an aperturetherethrough, a link-pin slidable in the aperture, and a crankhandlehaving a vertical stern pivoted in the draw-head adjacent to theaperture, a broadened horizontal portion formed with a recess andadapted to be swung over the head of the link-pin' and a handle wherebythe crankhandle is operated.

In testimony whereof we afflx our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

BAKER E. VVATKIN S. MITCHELL HANCOCK.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. SLOOUMB, RoswnLL G. CLARK..

